How are you supposed to long-term invest in government bonds

Buy US treasury bonds instead, federal reserve rate hikes are coming up

>>2070762
Why would you want to do that?
What is the benefit? Do you make enough money that the tax free aspect is appealing? Is it the implied stability because a big blue chip stock has very similar stability and a REIT has to pay out a dividend if you are worried about suspension of a dividend.

>>2070770
Meaning I would lose money.

>>2070777
Well not right this second, wait until next year prob

>>2070774
I want to invest in bonds (corp or gov) to counter-balance the stock ETF portfolio that I'm building and to basically have a less risky way to invest my money, should I be in need of cash and have to sell some holdings.

>>2070795 might I suggest lokking into splitting between
PowerShares S&P 500 Hi Div Low Volity etf (US Corp based)
And Oppenheimer International Bond Fund? (INT Gov based)

>>2070795
If you are looking for yield/ cashflow I would suggest REITs or REIT ETF, I'm assuming that you are European so I'm not sure exactly how comfortable you are with buying a bunch of US-based stuff but I'm in the US and that is where I go first, with an ETF you don't even have to worry about any one company dying.

>>2070762
>How are you supposed to long-term invest in government bonds with interest rates like this?
You're not, you're supposed to start your own business with cheap loans
Also >>2070770